Colbertchoerus niobrarensis Colbert 1935

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combination: Prosthennops niobrarensis

Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1935. A New Fossil Peccary, Prosthennops niobrarensis, From Brown County, Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 1(44):419-430

Belongs to Colbertchoerus according to D. R. Prothero 2021

See also Colbert 1935, Wright 1983, Wright 1993 and Wright 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNSM 20-6-7-29-CM, a partial skull

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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